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Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
If three weeks (almost) ago European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi still gave himself a bit of wiggle room not to act (or defer action) - "after having seen the Staff projections that will come out in early June" - he did none of that when ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... make no mistake, it could and would goose up the printing presses "if necessary". Speaking of which, the European Central Bank appears to have reached that "if necessary" stage and is expected to do something - anything - as soon as next month. The central ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... did not imply a faster time-table to raising rates. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose as traders digested central bank updates for clues on interest rate movements from across the globe. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies climbed 0.28 per ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
With growth like this what's a central banker to do? It might have been too easy for the Fed to justify its steady taper as she goes despite the National Accounts showing that real GDP growth slowed to a snail dragging a very heavy object pace - 0.1% ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... the candlestick maker has read my musings on this space yesterday (I wish) that the currency wars "indicate that central bank policies would remain accommodative for a good while yet". No central bank would want to take poll position in the race to hike ...

BNP Paribas signs up to TARGET 2

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... settlement express transfer system - is an initiative that provides a single platform for securities settlement in central bank money in Europe. It will bring more uniformity to securities transactions in Europe. The first wave of TS2 roll outs is due ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... can afford to stay on the sidelines for now - both have decent growth and decent inflation. Not so for the European Central Bank (ECB) with the region's growth still a crawl and with deflation threatening and the euro's continued appreciation against ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... rebels in the southeastern city of Mariupol, two days before separatists plan to go ahead with a referendum. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi strongly suggested the bank could ease monetary conditions in the euro area next month, saying the ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... energy stocks. Mr McCarthy said the US markets had flattened out after markets mulled over comments from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi that flagged potential stimulus measures for Europe. "The possibility of that occurring (stimulus measures) ...

Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi appears to have dragged out his promised action on monetary policy long enough. While the ECB announced no changes in monetary policy after its Governing Council meeting last night - the benchmark rate at ...